Creator of the bestselling Kurt Wallander mysteries, Henning Mankell has divided his time between his native Sweden and Uganda for the last 20 years and has been active in the struggle against AIDS and, specifically, in an initiative called the Memory Book Project. In Uganda, as elsewhere in Africa, AIDS has caused immense suffering over the past two decades; over 1.5 million Ugandan children have been orphaned since the epidemic began, losing one or both parents to AIDS. For most of the generation of children left without parents, the memories and wisdom of their parents are lost forever. The Memory Book Project provides those dying of AIDS an opportunity to record their lives in words and pictures for the children that they leave behind. A communication project between parent and child, the Memory Book Project relates both the parent and the child’s life stories up to the time of writing. Mankell weaves together his own personal narrative with passages from the memory book written for Peter Kanyi, whose mother died leaving behind tender and bittersweet recollections and advice, excerpts of which are woven throughout. Part travelogue, part real-life fable, I Die, But My Memory Lives On reveals the human element of this global crisis. The book features a foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and a portion of the author’s proceeds will be donated to organizations that fight AIDS. I Die, But My Memory Lives On: The World AIDS Crisis and the Memory Book Project by Henning MankellThe New Press, December 2005For more information about the book: www.thenewpress.comFor more information about the author: www.henningmankell.comPhoto: Henning Mankell © Ulla Montan